HOUSTON THERAPY

When a creative is blocked, intense negative emotions may follow, leading to depression, anxiety, or behavioral acting out.

A creative’s inner narrative can be externalized in therapy --using the client’s process as a way to discover hidden emotions.

A look at the phenomenon of "broadcast suffering" -- a need for our trauma to be recognized and validated by an audience on social media.

Diagnosis is something the patient and I work on together. Our narrative of the problem—diagnosis—become

The creative person has an extra set of 'mental muscles' that are exercised each time novel solutions are formed.

Creative-informed therapy may lead to better and quicker therapeutic outcomes

For the creative, low motivation may interrupt the flow of ideas that allow us to make a living or cause an unwanted block to progress.

There are times when we just get stuck. In the creative world, the phenomena has many names: writer’s block, freezing up, stage fright, etc.

Therapists & psychiatrists have found ways to use ‘positive distraction' to focus feelings and thoughts to our benefit.

Every client brings their unique gifts to therapy. I'm grateful that I get to work with people who already have creative tools.

Finding a creative flow does not require partnering with a broken Muse.